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    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Food Prices
      War and adverse weather set to keep food prices high

      Farmers have been unable to boost supply, leading to expectations that costs will remain above pre-pandemic levels

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Argentina
      Third year of drought threatens Argentina’s grain exports

      Farmers despair of dry conditions and lack of government support

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Food & Beverage
      Danish Crown to build £100mn UK plant as bacon demand rebounds

      Chief executive says investment comes despite ‘crazy’ post-Brexit red tape

    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine Black Sea grain export deal extended

      Kyiv says agreement to be prolonged by 120 days despite Russian blockade

    • Monday, 14 November, 2022
      Tyson Foods Inc
      Tyson Foods launches board review over new CFO’s arrest

      John Randal Tyson charged with public intoxication and trespassing after he was found asleep in woman’s bed

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Special ReportManaging Climate Change
      Amazon destruction woes overshadow Brazil’s farming advances

      Technology makes farming in developed areas more sustainable but rainforest destruction has been soaring

    • Monday, 7 November, 2022
      Ethanol
      Shell in biofuels bet with deal to buy 3bn litres of ethanol

      Energy group’s Brazilian joint venture Raízen to invest $1.5bn in five new plants

    • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Russia agrees to rejoin Ukraine grain exports deal

      Turkey confirms resumption of pact that Putin says will focus on ensuring shipments to poorer countries

    • Monday, 31 October, 2022
      Ukraine ships grain despite collapse of Black Sea deal

      Russia’s decision to suspend agreement expected to hit poorer nations

    • Monday, 31 October, 2022
      Lex
      Wheat prices: Black Sea export threat is just one constraint among many Premium content

      Sensitivity of agricultural commodities prices to multiple granular factors is hardly news to traders

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      Food & Beverage
      Cadbury maker Mondelez to invest $600mn on sustainable cocoa sourcing

      Ivory Coast and Ghana boycott annual meeting amid rising tensions in chocolate industry

    • Sunday, 9 October, 2022
      The Big Read
      The future of farming: how global crises are reshaping agriculture

      Surging costs of inputs such as fertiliser and the growing threat of climate change are driving a return to pre-industrial methods

    • Thursday, 8 September, 2022
      The Big Read
      Can Japan feed itself?

      Without immediate agricultural reforms, the country is vulnerable to an intensifying global food crisis

    • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Putin criticises grain deal with Ukraine

      Russian leader says terms of agreement reached in July caused global shortages

    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
      Special ReportAfrican Development
      Africa’s smallholders need to go beyond subsistence

      Raising yields will not only improve lives but could also be an important factor driving national development

    • Monday, 22 August, 2022
      News in-depthFood security
      Soaring fertiliser prices deepen Africa’s food crisis

      Increased costs are forcing farmers to reduce output and the world’s poorest continent is expected to be hardest hit

    • Friday, 19 August, 2022
      The Long ViewClaire Jones
      Hot milk: what rising prices tell us about inflation

      If the cost of a basic commodity is surging in a competitive market then pressures may persist longer than some expect

    • Friday, 19 August, 2022
      LexDeere & Co
      Food costs/Deere: supply bottlenecks disrupt normal price signals Premium content

      US tractor maker’s results show how supply chain issues are overriding normal market relationships

    • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      First grain ship to depart Ukraine since war appears to dock in Syria

      The Razoni has been closely watched after it failed to reach original destination of Lebanon

    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      The Commodities NoteOle Hvelplund
      Food waste can boost European energy security

      Biological material from farm to fork can be converted into biomethane — a direct substitute for fossil gas

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      LexSingapore
      Chicken rice: Singapore’s cooks suffer an unclucky setback Premium content

      City-state should look elsewhere for poultry after Malaysia’s export ban on key ingredient

    • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Stranded corn cargo from Ukraine waiting for new buyer, UN says

      Customer refused grain from Razoni, first ship to test reopening of Black Sea to food shipments

    • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
      Lex
      Ukraine/wheat: conflict will buoy prices until sea corridor proves worth

      Agreement to permit exports may not translate into a big wheat supply increase

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Lex
      Palm oil: producers fumble a chance to fatten margins Premium content

      If China regains its taste for the vegetable oil, the developed world may have already lost it

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Australia
      Australia’s ‘avo-lanche’ forces farmers to look to Asia and UK for sales

      Avocado is now being used as a cheaper substitute in salads as a glut of the fruit sends prices tumbling

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